Google Has Tweaked Its Algorithm To Make It Even Harder To Find Movies On Sites Like Pirate Bay

Sites including the Pirate Bay are worst-affected by Google's Pirate update. Wikipedia Commons

Google has pushed out an update to its search algorithm that is making it even harder for people to discover free movie and music torrents, with sites like Pirate Bay, Isohunt and Torrentz.eu among the worst affected by the rollout.

Google's "Pirate" update was first introduced in August 2012. It was designed to prevent sites with copyright infringement complaints, filed via Google's DMCA system, from ranking highly in Google's search listings. It acts as a filter, applying a downgrade to sites that have received DMCA complaints.